Clara "Libby" Dismuke-Greer, PhD
Dr. Dismuke-Greer is a research health science specialist with the Health Economics Resource Center (HERC) at the Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Dismuke-Greer's research applies her health economics expertise to questions of cost and healthcare utilization, turning longitudinal data into actionable evidence on the long-term economic burden for service members and veterans with brain injury.
Natalie Gilmore, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Gilmore is an early‑career clinician‑investigator at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and an assistant professor in neurosurgery at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on improving long‑term rehabilitation outcomes for veterans with traumatic brain injury with an emphasis on sleep disorders and implementation science. Her work aims to promote evidence‑based rehabilitation care that enhances independence, participation, and quality of life for Veterans with TBI over the course of her VA career long-term.
Aaron Martin, PhD
Dr. Martin is a clinical psychologist at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of South Florida. His research and clinical areas of focus are on the role of insomnia and sleep apnea in the development of and adjustment to chronic pain. Dr. Martin is a project PI on the DOD-funded Improving Health Care Access and Engagement for Veterans and Service Members with TBI Morbidity (“IHEAL”), the focus of which is to develop a provider toolkit for accommodating cognitively impaired persons participating in evidence-based treatments.
Shannon Miles, PhD
Dr. Miles is a clinical psychologist at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine, Morsani College of Medicine. Her research and clinical work focus on the interplay between mental and physical health after polytrauma (i.e., injury to more than one organ system). Clinically, she assists Veterans and Service Members in their recovery after traumatic brain injury, including the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and aggression.
Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD
Dr. Nakase-Richardson is a rehabilitation neuropsychologist and professor in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Nakase-Richardson’s research focuses on health care access among military personnel and veterans with brain injury as well as implementation of evidence-based practices.
Jessica Ryan, PhD
Jessica L. Ryan, PhD is a health services researcher for the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital. Ryan is co-Director of Data and Communications for the I-HEAL grant, where she works on novel dissemination and implementation strategies. Also, Dr. Ryan is Data Core Director for REACH TBI, a national randomized trial for caregivers of people with TBI. She provides research mentorship to graduate students at the University of South Florida, University of West Florida, and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Marc Silva, PhD ABPP-CN
Dr. Silva is a clinical neuropsychologist and associate professor in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Silva’s research focuses on brain injury rehabilitation and the impact of sleep on cognitive and functional outcomes.
Karen Skop, PT, DPT, MS
Dr. Skop is a physical therapist and program director of the PREP program at James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, as well as a professor in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Skop’s research focuses on the physical impacts of TBI (vestibular, headache, sleep, visual), and knowledge translation, to apply preventative brain health and performance optimization in veterans and service members with TBI.